First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
401 Gateway Avenue
Chattanooga, TN
Images
2022-05-13 - Console and exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Nave from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Couplers (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Schlueter nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Aeolian-Skinner nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Console, chancel and organ chamber (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Chancel, en-chamade and exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Console after 2002 Schlueter renovation (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1984-08-04 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Nave to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-10-20 - Nave from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-04-11 - Church front view (Photograph by Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-04-11 - Church exterior side view (Photograph by Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1967-11-11 - 1967 church exterior (Postcard in collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 40 stops
- 52 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-04-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- In 2002, A. E. Schleuter of Atlanta rebuilt the console and converted the switching and combination action to solid-state. A Vox Humana was added to the Swell and a prepared-for 16' Quintaton was installed on the Great. The organ is stacked in tall chambers to each side of the tall, narrow chancel window. The Pedal 8' Principal and Great Quintaton and Trompette-en-Chamade are installed at the base of the window between the two chambers. The 32' Contre Basson is located in the Swell box. The five-seconds reverb in the cathedral-like 1,600-seat nave helps make this instrument one of the finest-sounding organs in the region. -Database Manager
2013-06-18 - Updated through online information from Landry Duvall. -Database Manager
2013-10-23 - Updated through online information from Dorothy Young Riess. -- I played this instrument on October 6, 2013. It is in excellent condition and is used regularly for services. -Database Manager
2020-10-22 - The sanctuary is of cathedral proportions - 215' long with a 72' ceiling, and has a wonderful 4-5 seconds of reverb. Though a bit smallish for the very large space, the organ's installation on the central axis of the 1,600-seat room helps quite a bit to get the sound out; it really sounds magnificent. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Stoplist from the Aeolian-Skinner Archives website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chattanooga, Tennessee
First Baptist Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1476 1966 3 manuals, 40 stops, 53 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN CHOIR ORGAN
16' Quintaton 61 a 8' Gedecktpommer 61
8' Prinzipal 61 8' Silver Flute 68
8' Bordun 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 56
8' Gemshorn 61 4' Spitzprinzipal 61
4' Oktav 61 4' Koppelflöte 61
4' Zauberflöte 61 2' Prinzipal 61
2' Waldflöte 61 1 1/3' Larigot 61
II Sesquialtera 122 1' Oktav 61
IV Mixtur 244 8' Krummhorn 61
IV Cymbal 244 Tremulant
Chimes 8' Trompette en Chamade GT
8' Trompette en Chamade 49 b
PEDAL ORGAN
SWELL ORGAN 32' Resultant --
16' Contra Viola 68 16' Kontrabass 32
8' Geigen Principal 68 16' Bordun 32
8' Rohrflöte 68 16' Contra Viola SW
8' Viola Pomposa 12 16' Quintaton GT
8' Viola Celeste 68 8' Prinzipal 32
4' Prestant 68 8' Rohrbordun SW
4' Flute Harmonique 68 8' Viola SW
2' Nachthorn 61 4' Choralbass 32
III-IV Plein Jeu 229 4' Spillflöte pf
II Carillon 122 2' Blockflöte pf
16' Contre Hautbois 61 III Mixture 96
8' Trompette 68 32' Contre Basson 12 SW
8' Hautbois 68 (enclosed in Swell)
8' Vox Humana 61 a 16' Bombarde 32
4' Clairon 68 16' Contre Hautbois SW
Tremulant 8' Bombarde 12
8' Trompette en Chamade GT 8' Krummhorn CH
4' Krummhorn CH
a orig. prepared-for; added 2002
b on 15" wind
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-11-16]
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